European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary Connors quitting French rejoice a photo Jimmy Connors a Revoir the French open has been forewarned and the French ought to be rejoicing for months with bottles of Nouvelle Beau its the Best news since George de Gaulle became Frances presi Dent in Jimmy Connors has made it As Plain As the scowl on his face that this is the last time hell play in the French French Tennis patrons and fans can breathe a sigh of Relief when pecks bad boy regarding the French might Para phrase an old song Fea tured by the late Louie Armstrong ill be glad when youre you Rascal the like the English and Many Haven been too fond of Connors or his bickering counterpart John Mcenroe for their outrageous demonstrations Over the Ever since Treyve come on the they have created a scene sometimes much to the consternation of foreign and Tennis officials at 32 years of is still acting like the Young spoiled brat who emerged from the Louis municipal courts of the late 60s into Tennis Here was Connors last week playing a Frenchman who if ranked might be 750th in the world unheard of outside of a struggling who should wiped out his slowed the Pace to a crawl and was immediately penalized a Point by the just like in True Mcenroe Connors threw a then he threatened to he thought it continued on and if he had pulled Connors would have looked like a jackass and most Likely would have left Roland Garros stadium to the jeers and also cheers of the want this the same Jimbo who last As a said he was going to turn Over a new Leaf and become Nice As an example to his son his Resolution didst last even after the birth of a second players like Connors and Mcenroe put themselves in a position to have people dislike them and pull against it is a common belief that Many fans Only come out to watch Connors and Mcenroe hassle with referees and use gamesmanship on their Why cant american Tennis namely the act More civilized on the say like Arthur Chris Evert Tracy Austin and these old timers of the 1950s when they were in their prime Tony Billy Gardner Vic Ham Richardson and Dick Savitt at one was classified As a gentlemen its image has been spoiled by the spoiled who Are hungry for the big Money dangling in their look How Many australians pull stunts like Mcenroe and Connors i would venture to say when Harry hopman was coach of austra Lia s Davis cup teams which dominated the 1950s and his players were tireless courteous and talented players like Rod Roy Lew Neale Mai Ander John didst have to resort to the Type of outbursts identified with Connors and men and if they they were usually sent Back to the conduct of the australians is close to Imp Ecca hopman had a close rein on his something the Doest have on the terrible no one would dare to keep Connors and Mcenroe from a they Are the biggest draws and their absences would definitely Cut into the if Connors and Mcenroe Are the role models for the upcoming then the is in trouble and its players will continue to be the villains on foreign Connors must have Learned to be Nasty from watch ing and paling around with Hie Nastase of and Mcenroe possibly Learned from watching con and Connors also probably got his poor habits from viewing Chuck Butch Dennis Ralston and Cliff Richey with notoriously bad dispositions during the it must Tell you something about Connors and Mcenroe when they recently said they  play in the Davis cup if they had to sign a code for Standard after their outbursts in Sweden last december when they were humiliated by the swedes in the Davis cup who needs them let some responsible americans take up the Tennis the French remember a freckled faced american with a Flattop haircut who had a great Tennis personality and disposition to his name Tony from Cincinnati and the last american male to win the French open 30 years if winning the French open also includes being courteous and a Good then it might be another 30 years before the has another mens Winner in two generations of bad dispositions and conduct Arent corrected when watching an attractive woman with flaming red hair compete in the Safe ski championships and later in the forces european photo by Dave Didlo Naomi Shields Ortho Peist skier ski championships in Garmisch earlier this year unless you knew one would have never thought she was a the first reaction would be Shes too Youthful looking to be a Naomi Shields of the Rhei main clinic rotated to the last week and in sorry that i never got the Opportunity to conduct an interview that we had Shields was unique in the fact that she was a Doc Tor of who also plied her profession through the recreation of competitive Cross country j Only 26 years of Shields has become the first woman in the air Force to be accepted into the Ortho medic residency program at Wilford Hall in san an Shields made herself Well known among the army and air Force not Only for her Friendly ways but also for her skiing in every event she Shields won the Bronze and happily to there were no accidents for Shields to use her the stars and stripes contracts hot topic at summer hockey meet a Jiw Toronto a the National hockey league Board of governors will have plenty to discuss next week at the summer with topics ranging from division realignment to a new contract with the players the which were switched to Toronto from Montreal because of a conflict with the Canadian grand prix Auto also will include an Oscar style awards ceremony and the entry draft of Amateur both the Pittsburgh and the Hartford whalers Are interested in moving to different the penguins feel they would be More competitive in the Norris division with and the whalers would have qualified under the proposed but they finished last in the Adams division while the red wings and North stars made the playoffs despite worse records than on the nil players association exercised a contract right and Noti fied the league that the collective bargain ing agreement would expire in september both sides met last week in London for preliminary talks on a new and a re port will be made to the governors in to the governors also will discuss extending the opening round of the playoffs from a Besto five to a Besto seven wednesday the leagues individual awards will be presented at a Hollywood Type gala hosted by impressionist Rich it will be televised live in Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton is a heavy favorite to skate off with a record sixth straight Hart trophy As the most valuable Gretzky just completed his sixth nil season by leading the oilers to their second consecutive Stanley the other Hart finalist is Center Dale Hawer Chuk of the Winnipeg another Paul and Bostons Ray Bourque Are the finalists for the Norris trophy As Best Edmonton Jan Kurn and Joe Mullen of the Louis blues Are competing for the lady sync trophy for gentlemanly Philadelphia Pelle Lindbergh and Buffalo s Tom Barrasso vie for the Vezina award As most valuable Craig ram say of the sabres and Washington Doug jams go for the Selke award As Best defensive while Center Mario Lemieux of Pittsburgh is an Oddson Choice Over Montreal defens Eman Chris Chelios for Calder honors As top Mike who guided the flyers to the Stanley cup finals in his first year As an and Barry Long of Winnipeg Are finalists for the Adams trophy As coach of the will be led off by the Hometown the Maple who had the leagues worst record this the four highest rated draft eligible Are Center Craig Simpson of Michigan de Fen semen Dana Murzyn of the Calgary wranglers and Wendel Clark of the Saska Toon Blades of the Western Junior hockey and right Wing Jim Sandlak of the London knights of the Ontario hockey the most intriguing name in the draft is Gretzky Keith the 18yearold brother of a Center for Windsor of the had 31 goals and 93 Points this season and is projected As a late the oilers pick 20th in the first